Method of making turn-shoes.



M. L. DODGE.

METHOD OF MAKING TURN SHOES.

APPLlcArroN man :une 9.1911.

Patented Mzu. l5. 1918.

Wfl/Wm ward ends of the Hang -that is lasted wrong side tion is fixed by driving 'able to havethem appear on 5to allow for it.

MILTON L. DODGE, or NEwUnYronr, Massncnusnrfrs.

METHOD 0F MAKING TURN-SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 5, 191s,

'Application filed I une 9, 1817. Serial No. 173,746.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, MILTON L. DODGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newbur port, in the county of Essex and State o Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Im rovements in Methods of Making Turn-S oes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is to provide an im roved method of making turnshoes. In {lnited States Letters Patent 1,221,153 granted me April 3, 1917,'1 have disclosed a method by which a sti molded counter-'stiiiener may be used in the manufacture of turn shoes. According to the llatter said .method the counter-stiener isarranged right side up on the sole of a shoe fasteners .through heel-seat iiange, in The shoe is the forward ends of the front of the heel-seat area.

afterward turned right side out, the rear portion of the countenstiliener is anchored to the sole by driving .the usual heel-seat nails .throughthe sole, through the flange of the counter-stiiener, and through a na1l. receiving member that is arranged inside the counter-stii'ener. When these 'and other operations have been performed a heel is attachedin the usual manner. The fasteners that are driven through the for e of the counterstiffener to fix the position of the latter before the shoe is turned, as hereinbefore explained, vare not driven all the way through the sole for the .reason that it is not desirthe bottom of the sole. They are, therefore, turned back and clenched in the stitch-receiving -channel of the sole. While this arrangement of the lfasteners, and the methodof clenching them, are satisfactory so far as results are concerned, the method requires more time than some shoe' manufacturers are willing .One object of the present invention is .to save in the position of I the counter-stiifener,

the fasteners appear on the bottom finishedv shoe.` I accomplish this re.-

cording to `which the fasteners for fixing the position of the counter-stii'ener, instead ofbein driven through the forward ends of the an e, are driven through the Han within t ev area'of the. heel-seat, so that out, and its posithough they may be driven all the Way through the sole the will be covered and concealed by the hee that is afterward attached to the shoe. j

Another object of the invention is to save the time hitherto devoted to theso-called heel-seat nailing operation. To this end I use a counter-stii'ener the heel-seat fiange of which is wider than those usuallyl employed, instead 'of driving the usual heelseat nails to anchor the rear portion of the counter-stiifcner to the sole I arrange the heel attaching nails so that they will pass through the a'uge of the counter-stiiener and anchor the latter.

Referring to the accompanying drawings which form apart of this specification:

AFigure 1.represents a top plan view of' a' lasted shoe, wrong side out, with a stift ener arranged upon and anchored to the heel-seat portion of the sole by fasteners located within the heelseat area. Fig. 2 represents a cross-sectionl -on a larger scale through the structure .intersected by line`2-2 of Fig. l, showing the tacks by which the counter-stiiener is fixed in the desired position relatively to the sole.

Fig. 3 represents a. face view of a .nailreceiving member that is used to provide a suitable bearing surface for the heel of the wearer, and4 that is long the shank portion'of the sole.

Fig. 4 represents a longitudinal .section through the heel portion'of said shoe after the latter has after the lining counter-stiii'ener, and after the nail-receivingrmember has been fastened to the sole..

ig. 5 represents a longitudinal sectionl similar to Fig. 4 e1cepting that the shoe is represented in a inlshed condition, the'heelrear portion of the counter-stiiener.-

Fig. 6' represents a the heel portion of the finished shoe, showing other heel-attaching nails extending through the flange' of the counter-stiltener to lanchor the latter.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts wherever they occur.

The sole andv upper are mdicated at 1.0 and 11 respectively. The forward orton and rear portion of. the lining are .in cated at 12 and 13' respectively, ing defined one from another by transverse been turned right side out,

has been tucked into' theenough to stien *attaching-nails being arranged to anchor the cross-section through these portions be slits 14, 14 arranged 'in a line substantially coincidental with the forward ends of the counter-stiffener hereinafter described. The

upper and the portion 12 of the lining are connected to Vthe sole by the usual inseam stitches 15, and although the inseam extends around the heel' portion of the shoe the. heel ortion 13 of the lining is left free, as shown y Fi s. 1 and 2, until after the slice is turne i After the shoe has been lasted and sewn` as shown by Fig, 1 a stiff molded counterstifener'll is arranged right side up on the heel-seat portion ofthe sole. In the present instance. 4the heel-seat ange 17 of the coun- 4ter-stifl'ener isfrelatively wide, and the for- 4 ward portions of said ange are lapped one over 'the other and' connected directly to each other by a suitable fastener such as a staple"- 18. The ends of the staple are preferably clenched, T he fastener 1.8.inaintains 'the width of th'e'eounter-stiiener, independently fof anyv fasteners `that may be driven `to anchorthe-stiener, endif the correct 'width isdetermined when the fastener 18 is driven the shoe. will fit snugly against the shank .metal late 4with which the last is sl od (see tlielatterisgiven amore secure initial an .chorage-than it would haveif the first anf5.5

portion of the. foot instead of spreading at this point Since the forward `ends of the flange 17 are lapped their aggregate ,thickness might y cause a'n undesirable lump -on the solegnotwithstanding the fact that the edges of the angeare skived,=and'in order to raduate' "such thickness otherwise than by s4 iving, I arrange one ofthehfront edges such as. 19 ahead of the other such as 20.

l When the'v counter-s`tiener has been a' ranged as sho'wiiby Fig. 1' it is 'anchcredto the sole by drivin teners suchfasftgic driven frorn th l, of', the "c ,oun'ter through the aange, i7' and' solei-0, within the heel-seat'faremnnd if. ltheir Shanks are lou enough their points `will be turned one and clenched on the bottoni ofthe sole by the Fig.j 2. The oounter--stifener is tu's anchored substantially between vits extreme' "front andextreine rear', prior to'turningithe shoeright sidefiit, and in conseqnencemf locating 'the anchoring tacks 21 substantially 'midway between theends-ofthe stiiener choringfasteners weredriven in the front end as showninsaid Patent 1,221,153.

The iunttionof the; tacls 21 is toheep the counter-sti'iener lin the desired position un ftil the latter is more securely anehored,` as

,hereinafter explained,v and when .said tacks havebeen driven the.4 last may: be withdrawn from` the. shoe and the latter may bcturn'ed right side out,` In vt hefcourseoi turning .the v sjhoe the-heelportion -13 oir'.l the lining ill be carried over the upper edge of the counterstitfener and willy be tucked into the latter so that its marginal portion will lie upon the flange 17 as shown by Figs. 4, 5, and 6. A nail-receiviii member 22 ofsuitable sheet material may t on the inturned marginal portion of the 1ining within the counter-stiilener. A tack 23 `may then be driven from the inside of the 1 other operation that may beperformed prior toattaching the heel. If it is desired to usethe member 22 .to stiften the shank portion. of the `shoe the" shank .portion of the -membei 22 may be attached to the 4sole by glue 24 and by a tack 25, the latter being 'preferably too short 4tovpass all. the way through the sole. Nails 26 by which the heel 27 is attached are arranged to pa through the heel-seat. flange 17 of the coun- 'ter-sti'fener as shown by Figs. 5; and .6, thus anchoring vthe' counterstiffener more se curely around the'heel-seat'of the shoe, and dispen'sirng` with the necessity of driving the usual' heellseat nails forthat purpose alone. The utilization of the heel-attaching 1iai'lsj 2 6f4 or `this additional purpose 1s made possible 'by making the- -iange 17 wide enough tovinsur'e anchorage.l 4The points of the lails 26 arefl` preferably driven throughA theA nrieriiberl 22, and ,turned back and clerfhedifl have not attempted to represent-.thelifts of whichthe heel blank may be' made; but the sual top lift. is indicated.

I claim: A1.111 the artof making turn shoes, the

en be arranged to lie partly hereind'escribed 4method which consists in arranging a'. sti@ molded counterstiifener right `side up on the sole of a shoe that is lasted wrong side out, fixingthe position of said liio11nter-stiiien'er by ,driving fasteners 'through "the heel-seat flange thereof and tliroughthe solewithin `the areafof the heelseat, turning the shoe ri ht side` out, and attaching. heel thereto 1n position to ocv cupy said area. f

, 2. inthe' art of making turn shoes, the

hereindescribed v,method which consists in arranging a V stiff molded".counter-stili'ener righ't sidel up onv the -heeLseat .portion of the solerofna shoe that islastedwvrongside out,

ixngbhe position of said countersstii'ener by drivingone or morev fasteners through e t fiangethereof l'and into the sole, ltui-ning theshoe, arranging a nailreceiving member upon the heel-seat ange of the counter-stiffener, fixing the position o'f said nail-receiving member, and anchor ing the rear portion of the counter-stiffener by attaching a heel with nails driven through the sole, through the rear portion ofsaidflange, and through said nail-receiving member.

stiilener more securely 4ing a heel wlth nai 3; In the art. of making turn shoes, the hereindescribed method which consists in lapping" the forward portions of the heel. seat' Hangs of arcounter-stifl`ener, fastening such lapped portions directly to each other, arranging such counter-sti ehemright side up on the sole of a shoe'that is lasted wrong side out, fixin the position of said counterstiii'ener by riving fasteners throu h the heel-seat flange thereof and through t e sole at opposite sides of the longitudinal median line, and approximatelymidway between the front and rear ends of the counter-stitfener, leaving the counter-stitfener otherwise free to creep relatively to the sole, turning the shoe right side out, and fixing the counterto the sole by attachs arranged to extend through said flange.

4." In the art of makin turn shoes the hereindeseribedmethod which consists in attaching a stiff molded counter-stiifener right side up on the sole of a shoe that is lastedwrong side out, turning the shoe ri ht side out, and anchoring the counter-sti ener to the hee1-seat portion of the sole by attachin a heel with nails arranged to extend throug the heel-seat flange of the counter-stiener y 5. In the art of making turn shoes, the

hereindescribed method which consistsin tions of the counter-stiffener free to creep relatively to the sole, turning the shoe rigleit side out2 arrangin a nail-receiving mem r upon said Bange, Xing the osition of said nail-receiving member by driving afastener therethrough and into the sole, and anchoring l said counte'r-stiffener and said nailreceiving member by attaching a heel with; nails arranged to extend through said flange4 and through said member.

In testimony whereof' I have afixed my Signature.

MILTON L DODGE. 

